Police say media reports that trained marksmen would be brought in to control the town’s magpies were incorrect
Fri 4 Oct 2019 07.44 BSTLast modified on Fri 4 Oct 2019 07.58 BST
Police in the northern New South Wales town of Casino have denied they planned to deploy specially trained officers to shoot and kill magpies, contrary to media reports.
On Friday the Northern Star reported that elite police officers would descend on the town to shoot local magpies which have been deemed too dangerous to live.
According to quotes attributed to acting sergeant David Henderson, police “specially trained to euthanise animals as painlessly and quickly as possible” were to be brought in.
But NSW Police issued a statement in the afternoon saying “there is no proposed magpie cull in Casino or anywhere in the Richmond police district”.
Local councillor Jill Lyons confirmed there were no plans, and said she was glad it had not come to such measures.
“No one is aware of extra police coming into the area,” she said. “No police have been called in to shoot anything in the Richmond valley this season.
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